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Indecision: A Short Story: (Part Two)
Part Two
What did she know about string theory? Did she have any thoughts on the subject?
Tom thought not.
Was she thrown for a loop, as he had been, to learn that Dumbledorf from Harry Potter, was gay; not out of homophobia or anything like that; its just that it came out of left field, you know?
Tom thought not.
Did she even know who Dumbledorf was?
Tom thought not.
Did she share his conviction that the so-called Neanderthal man was not a separate species from so-called modern man that had existed contemporaneously? Did she even care? Did she realize the implications for today in the social sense?
Tom thought not.
But perhaps if he had investigated he might have been pleasantly surprised, and found that he and Janet were compatible -- though he doubted it. But then again, if it could happen to Steve Urkel, maybe it could happen to Tom. Steve Urkel was the next door neighborhood boy, the nerd from the sitcom, Family Matters. Urkel wore suspenders, high-water pants, thick glasses, a stipped shirt, and a sweater. His uniform.
Steve Urkel always barged into the house of Carl Winslow, the "big guy," without knocking and saying, in that unforgettable voice, "Hi, Laura." Or he would trip over his own feet, knock something or a group of people to the floor, survey the wreckage and say, "Did I do that?"
His obsession with Laura Winslow cooled, temporarily anyway, when he met a stunning young lady who did not, in any way, look like a fellow nerd, but whose interior landscape turned out to be as brilliant and eccentric as Steve's own.
Quitting time. As Tom and Dave exited from the building together, Tom listened to a litany of Dave's woes in the affairs of the heart.
Three years ago when Dave had first started sharing, he asked Tom, "You have a girlfriend?"
"No," Tom said.
"Why not?"
Tom was amazed, Dave said this like one could just go to the girlfriend store and pick one up anytime one wanted. He said this as though personal willpower were involved. He said this like it was the easiest thing in the world. Get yours today!
Tom said, "I'm waiting for Tyra Banks to come to her senses, come down to this factory, and declare her undying love for me."
"Well, its good to have a dream," Dave said.
Now Tom and Dave were knocking off for the day. Dave asked, "You will read it tonight, won't you?"
"Yes I will," Tom said. Not like he had anything better to do, he thought but did not say. Mainly because he really didn't have anything better to do.
Tom was back in his studio apartment in a not quite damned but seriously challenging section of the city. The rent was cheap as a result and despite appearances Tom was a young man who could handle himself, if he had to. He was sitting in front of his easel. He was pursuing a career in art. He meant to specialize in the field of fantasy art. By the way, did Janet share his obsession with the paintings of Boris Vallejo?
Tom thought not.
He had sketches strewn all about his domicile, towers of filled sketches books like pillars all around. He had canvasses a plenty. He had abandoned, half finished, and works-in-progress all over the place. He usually had to clear them from his Murhpy bed before he went to sleep at night. He was a bohemian suffering for his art.
And he was very prolific. The fact that he had never shown any of his work to a gallery was beside the point. He was still learning. He was mastering his style, perfecting his technique.
When the time was right he would explode onto the art world. And that world would not know what had hit it. His paintings would represent such staggering genius that competition would flee the field. People with paint brushes, foollishly thinking of becoming artists would break and throw away their brushes in resigned defeat. Tom's greatness would make them hang their heads in shame and go out and paint houses instead. Tom's entry into the art world would bear a divine light that would destroy all who were not worthy. Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Haaa!
A banging on the paper thin walls came. A masculine voice was shouting, "Hey, Tom, shut the fuck up in there before I kick your narrow black ass!" Tom was surprised. He must have been saying all that stuff out loud. He hadn't meant to. Mrs. Peterson certainly was vigorous for a fifty-eight year old widowed pensioner.
Tom obligingly shut the fuck up, put his arms down, returned to his seat from half way across the one-room apartment, and sat back down at his easel. He was working on a piece called 'The Evolution of the Centaur.' Tom was aesthetically bedazzled by the wide array of sentient creatures to be found in science fiction and fantasy. He had a particular fascination with centaurs. He thought these creatures were magnificent. He had seen a picture of one done by Boris Vallejo which had particularly delighted him and made him take on a heightened esteem for the four-legged humans. Tom had been impressed by the sensitivity and detail which the fusion of the human torso had been blended into the horse half of the anatomy.
The painting made Tom believe that such creatures could actually exist. Furthermore, that painting had made Tom wish that such creatures did exist. For four years Tom had been trying to imagine an evolutionary scenario to explain the existence of such creatures. Is there a way evolution could have gone in such a way that the centaur could emerge?
He had done a lot of reading at the public library, important research... intersped with flipping through magazines, reading mystery novels, thinking, ruminating and cogitating too. He had not been able to come up with anything convincing. Then all at once, it had struck him one day, today actually: what if there was a group of people, no, a group of people of another planet? What if they had become afflicted with a strange viral disease that wipe out all human, animal, and plant life, except, for some reason, horses? What if the people decided to save their society by storing their knowledge and civilization into nanobotic information preserving capsules of some kind?
Generation after generation of horses would come into the world with all this knowledge rattling around inside of them. Confusion would come first, to say the least. But the personalities of the people have been downloaded as well. Desire would be created to express this culture. With desire would come evolution of the means to carry it out, over time. In other words, the humanity of the people would reassert itself. But in a different form. Yeah, Tom thought.
Then what if there were another group of people on this same planet who had a different experience? What if people live in a region that was plagued by earthquakes of increasing frequency and intensity? What if relocation were not an option? Suppose they decided to transition themselves to a life in the skies by genetically engineering themselves with wings? Suppose they developed the technology to build their cities in the clouds?
Then suppose there were yet another group of people who lived in a region of this same world, which is four times the size of an average planet, that was constantly flooding over? You know what that means. They transition themselves to living underwater. They genetically engineer themselves into Mer-men and Mer-women (one doesn't like to say 'Mermaids,' some women might take offense at the suffix 'maid'...). We can have them starting off as two-legged water breathers. In time they realize that two legs for a life spent underwater just won't cut it in the long run, so they make it so that the lower halves of their bodies become large, flapping, you know, tails or whatever.
Then suppose another group of people on this world (this would have to be a mighty huge world, each region the size of a standard planet in itself) had destroyed themselves by nuclear war and wiped out all life. Now this region is bathed in this radiation. It finally dissipates but its mark has been left. The whole amoeba to infinitely more complex organisms cycle of life starts again. This time, however, life returns on a much, much larger scale than before, including the humanoids (average height: 13 1/2 feet tall for women; 15 feet tall for men), descended from twenty foot gorillas....
There's some kind of story in all that, Tom thought. Maybe he should write a novel as he is always advising Dave to do. Or maybe the concept is more suitable for a graphic novel. At once, Tom set aside his canvass, preparing himself to go in a different, more ambitious direction. His painting would be a panoramic epic piece, yes.
The centaur would remain his favorite creature. To Tom they represented the perfect comibination of human intellect and animal or superhuman power.
Tom wondered why it was that centaurs were usually depicted as naked by fantasy writers. Why do they do that? Yes, Tom understood that there was something of the animal in the centaur, something of the wild with all this implies. But the fact remains that centaurs are human beings. Human beings with four legs, but still human beings. Why are they not credited with a sense of modesty? Why does nobody think to clothe them?
How does a centaur go to the bathroom? Specifically, how does a centaur defecate? These poor creatures cannot use toilet paper. Their arms cannot reach around back that far. So they have to rub their bottoms on the ground like other animals. Perhaps there is a deep-seated collective anxiety about this among the centaur nations. An unspoken collective resignation: If I cannot relieve myself like a man, I will not pretend to be like a man in his ways and customs. I will roam free and unclothed like the wild horse that is my brother.
Tom was thinking about all this when the phone rang. He reached for it. Before Tom answers we should tell you that it will be Dave on the other end of the line. Tom's insularity and the infrequency with which he makes new friends, makes it all but impossible that it could be anybody else. We should tell you that Dave is calling to find out if Tom has read the screenplay about Akhenaton, and to badger Tom about his opinion.
Dave is a fledgling actor with the usual resume of audition calls and bit parts. When he told Tom about it he had actually said at one point,"... but what I really want to do eventually is direct." In any case, Dave is a fledgling actor who desires to establish a presence on both sides of the camera, as it were. He had the idea that maybe he could get his foot in the door as a writer. "Anyway," Dave had said then, "Letterman started out as a writer on Saturday Night Live."
"Really?" Tom said.
"Are you sure," Tom said. "Letterman. Dave Letterman?"
"Well... one of those late night guys," Dave said.
"An easy transition from writing comedy to performing it, is it?" Tom asked.
Dave shrugged. "It's like anything else..." He let his voice trailed off, adding nothing more.
"Cause if Letterman used to be a writer on Saturday Night Live, no less, then you would think when they had that writers strike that time, he would have just written his own stuff."
"They couldn't do that. They were barred from using written material."
Tom said, "I thought they couldn't use the material that other writers had written, which is fair enough. But what was to legally prevent Letterman and Leno and the rest of them from keeping their shows going by sitting down and writing their own material?"
"Is that what you would have had them do, Tom? How long could they keep that up? A month? Six months? A year? Indefinitely? You have a merciless side to you. And anyway, that would have been twenty years ago when Letterman wrote for SNL."
"You''re sure it was Letterman?" Tom said.
"Yes, damn you."
"So they can't write any more after twenty years? Is that how it is? They lost their talent?"
Dave threw up his hands in despair.
Now let's listen in as Tom answers the phone. "Hello, Dave."
"How'd you know it was me?"
"Caller ID."
"I'm calling from a pay phone," Dave said.
"So, you're the only one who has my number."
"That's pretty sad, Tom."
"I thought you'd be honored at the exclusivity of your relationship with me. Just think you are the only one in the world with direct access to me."
"I feel slightly less insignificant when you put it that way."
"I thought maybe you were calling from jail and you needed me to come bail you out. Thought maybe po-lice picked your ass up on a DUI. How do you feel now?"
"Stop it, Tom. My sides are splitting."
"Okay, I'll stop it. What's up?"
"What's up yourself? Did you read it?"
"Yes, I said I would. Don't I always?"
"What do you think?"
"You've written a fantastic story, Dave," Tom said, "but I don't think it fits into the structure of a movie script..."
"Oh God, not that again."
"Dave, what is the customary length of a movie script?"
"It varies. It depends. Some are longer than others... That's what editors are for..."
"One hundred and twenty pages, Dave. I looked it up. I'm holding two hundred and forty pages in my hand here. There's enough material for a nine hour trilogy. I'm not complaining as a reader. I'm just saying that you have the sensibilities of a novelist rather than a screenwriter. You leave no nuance unexplored, no character's depths unplumbed. You should write novels and sell them to Hollywood."
"I hate the idea of writing a novel. I don't see how anybody does it. Filling hundreds of pages with narrative and dialogue, and keeping it consistent throughout. I can't concentrate with such focus for so long a time, goddamn it."
"This is a novel you have given me, Dave, goddamn it."
When Dave stopped moaning Tom could tell him the specific merits he found in the screenplay, which wasn't really a screenplay but was more the guts of a novel. After which Tom would urge him, once more, to think about writing novels.
The Revenge of Akhenaton was a historical fantasy. Akhenaton himself was an Egyptian pharaoh of the mid fourteenth century B.C. He was the frail second son to a larger than life pharaoh, rising to the throne instead of the more likely first son, Thutmosis, who had been the handsome, vigorous son of their father. Akhenaton was a religious reformer who tried to bring monotheism to his land. His reforms threatened the power of the ancient priesthood. The focus on a single god, whom Akhenaton called 'The Aten' had real economic consequences for the traditional religious order.
It meant that attendance at traditional temples, as well as income from them in the form of donations or offerings from the faithful, would decrease. The pharaoh married a woman named Nefertiti and made her his queen. He seems to have been a competent strategic planner, though he lived in a time of relative peace and quiet on the internationa front. Also, it seems that Akhenaton introduced a new and disturbing style of art.
In the "screenplay" we see that Akhenaton adopts his nephew as his heir, and we see the great king raising the lad from an infant.
And now part three.
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Kendall Jenner Helps Launch 'The Estee Edit' in London
Kendall Jenner rocks a red lip while at the the launch of The Estee Edit on Thursday evening (May 26) at Selfridges in London, England.
The 20-year-old supermodel signed autographs for fans and shared some of her favorite Estee Lauder products which are a part of The Estee Edit.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Kendall Jenner
Later that night, Kendall headed back to the U.S. and shared a super cute throwback photo on her Instagram.
"swimming back to America like," she captioned the cute baby pic.
FYI: Kendall is wearing a David Koma bodysuit and skirt.
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Happy finals season everyone! I know, I hate to remind y'all, but the most stressful week of the semester is upon us. For many of us, finals week means Redbull, very little sleep and even less food options in the middle of the night.
As hard as it is to hear, one of the essentials of finals week is eating healthy and taking care of your body. One way to do this is to bring your own healthy snacks to the library, or where ever you choose to do your cramming.
There are a few options for this. Fresh fruit is a great idea. Just throw some grapes in a baggie and you're good to go. Another option is some string cheese. Portable and delicious, string cheese will keep you going. However, both of these require refrigeration, which is practically impossible when studying for hours (unless your library is 34 degrees).
A solution to this is healthy fruit and nut bars. Not only are these amazingly healthy for you, but they're perfect for throwing in your backpack and saving for later. These bars from Natural Balance Foods are not only totally amazing for you, but they're also part of a perfect vegan diet plan. If you're looking for a great dairy-free, gluten-free and wheat-free snack, this is it.
Hoping everyone is surviving so far and staying healthy! Have a great finals week, y'all!


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This is my second request for help.
I'm currently setting up a members database using Users Ultra Plugin, which Syncs with WP's User database.
That said, I really need to be able to create a search page to allow visitors to search for users (which will be companies):
1- through dropdown lists
2- regular text search
3- A listing of sectors on the left hand side
Of course, more options would be great.
Basically, I am modernizing (pun intended -_-) the following: http://www.clubhalal.be/en-secteurs.html. Of course, I'd welcome solutions in the form of Plug Ins, new elements or any other. I'm not too picky as loon as it fits requirements and the beautiful theme :)
I don't want to push put this is urgent, I'm supposed to go live on Monday :O
Thanks already for your help!
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3 years ago RucoKeymaster
Sorry, we don't offer support for third party plugins or customization.
We haven't tested the theme with these plugins.
Best regards!
Hi again,
Of course, I understand that. But I don't mean support for the plugin, but for WordPress' core USERS database.
I want to be able to display and include a search tool for the USERS database on your theme.
Hope this clarify my request.
Thanks a bunch,
ps: I obviously didn't go live yet -_-
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I understand. But this requests types aren't included in theme support. Sorry.
You must modify the theme's files for that.
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US defence secretary: Syria has dispersed its warplanes in recent days
Tel Aviv — On Friday, US defence secretary Jim Mattis said that Syria had dispersed its warplanes in recent days and retained chemical weapons, an issue that would have to be taken up diplomatically.
The US launched dozens of missiles earlier this month against a Syrian air base in response to a chemical attack that killed 90 people, including 30 children. It says the Syrian government launched the attack from the Shayrat air base. The Pentagon has said that the strike damaged or destroyed about 20% of the Syrian military's operational aircraft.
During a press conference alongside his Israeli counterpart, Mattis was asked whether the Syrian military had moved warplanes to a Russian base in Latakia. "They have dispersed their aircraft, no doubt. They have dispersed their aircraft in recent days," Mattis said.
Mattis also reiterated that the US believed Syria had retained some chemical weapons. "The bottom line is, I can say authoritatively, they have retained some [chemical weapons]. It's a violation of the UN Security Council resolutions, and it's going to have to be taken up diplomatically," Mattis said.
Israel's military said on Wednesday that it believes Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces still possess several tonnes of chemical weapons. A senior Israeli military officer told Israeli reporters that "a few tonnes of chemical weapons" remained in the hands of Assad's forces, a military official told Reuters.
In a 2013 agreement brokered by Russia and the US, Syria agreed to destroy its chemical weapons. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical weapons, a global watchdog, said sarin or a similar banned toxin was used in the April 4 strike in Syria's Idlib province.


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During Holmfirth Arts Festival four sofas make their home on the streets of Holmfirth – inviting people to look at the world around them a little differently. To sit down, stop for a while, and watch the world go by.
We have taken sofas heading for the tip into fairandfunky HQ (not literally – they've actually been in the garage of Social Progress and the workshop of Maintenance Solutions!) for some TLC, some weather proofing, and some customisation. Each sofa takes a particular 'Story' theme and we invite you to take part in #StorySofas in different ways.
At the Sofa of Romance we'd like you to have a blind date with a book. Choose from the #StorySofa bookshelves, settle down on the Sofa of Romance, and discover the world of words. On Sunday 14th June fairandfunky friends A Firm Of Poets bring LOVE to the Sofa of Romance – so come along and be adored.
At the Sofa of Adventure you can set sail in a ship and create your own adventure. Dive into the prop box and set sail to who knows where! Will you dare to cross the shark infested seas? Delve into the box of adventure stories and let your imagination run wild!
On Friday 19th June Eminence set sail at the Sofa of Adventure with a very special preview to their festival concert. Don't miss it!
Meanwhile at the Sofa of Fairytale you're in for a big surprise as "Once upon a fairytale" emerges from a sofa in a forest! Pick your way through the forest but WATCH OUT! You never know what might be lurking in the trees. Which fairytale will you enter? What will you become? On Thursday 18th June join fairandfunky at a special fairytale SCRAPtastic workshop from 10am.
Hidden within the Sofa of Holmfirth are specially commissioned pockets of prose written by Members of Holmfirth Writers Group for the festival. Take time to sit for a while and peek in the pockets of poetry! You may be inspired to write your own stories of Holmfirth – if so, please email them to firstname.lastname@example.com to feature on the Story Sofas blog.
Sit down and let Holmfirth tell you a story……
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17 Apr Tips for Making Your Teen a Safe Driver
Are you feeling a bit nervous about your teenager getting behind the wheel? If you are like most parents, the thought of your child starting to drive can be a nerve-wracking experience – and for good reason. The unfortunate reality is that thousands of teenagers are involved in traffic-related accidents every year, many of which are fatal. Therefore, in order to keep your teenager as safe as possible while on the road, there are several things you should keep in mind.
Be a Positive Role Model
Whether you realize it or not, you are a role model to your teen driver. He or she will learn a great deal by watching you and how you handle yourself on the road, so be certain to obey traffic laws and to squelch the road rage while driving. You should also be diligent about wearing your seatbelt and be insistent that your teen does the same.
Provide Supervised Opportunities for Experience
As your teen learns to drive, it is important for you to take an active role in the experience. Make it a point to ride with your teen as he or she drives in a variety of different situation, including heavy traffic conditions and inclement conditions. You should also put your teen driver in various situations that will further test his or her driving skills, such as driving at night, driving in an urban setting and driving in a rural setting. Ideally, you should provide your teen with at least six months of supervised driving experience before you let him or her go alone.
Place Restrictions on Driving
In order to keep your teen safe, you should also put certain driving restrictions in place. For example, even if your state doesn't require it, you should place restrictions on the number of passengers your teen driver can have. Not only do passengers cause a distraction, but teen drivers also tend to take more risks when they are carrying other teenage passengers.
Restrictions should also be placed on cell phone use. Some states and municipalities have laws against using cell phones while driving, but you should place your own restrictions on their use whether it is against the law or not. Make it clear that cell phones are meant for emergencies only and shouldn't be used while driving.
Finally, restrict how frequently your teen drives during the nighttime hours. According to statistics, the majority of teen auto accidents take place between 9:00 pm and midnight. To prevent your teen from becoming a statistic, restrict driving to daytime hours while he or she learns how to drive and then gradually allow nighttime driving as your teen becomes a more experienced driver.


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Dauphin County gets bad health report; Where does your county rank?
Dauphin County gets bad health report; Where does your county rank?
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, Pa. —
The latest Pennsylvania county health rankings are in and they show that many Susquehanna Valley residents have long, fulfilling lives.
The rankings were done by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which based its findings on premature deaths between 2011 and 2013.
A premature death is defined as the years of potential life lost before the age of 75.
Cumberland County was the highest-ranked in the Susquehanna Valley, coming in at number five out of 67 counties.
Then Adams and Lancaster counties, which were ranked at eight and nine respectively.
Franklin County comes in at number 13, with York County at 15 and Lebanon County at 16.
Dauphin County fell just short of the top 50 at number 51.


text: Our work Areas of our work Arts Arts We use the arts to engage with people, develop their creative abilities and enable them to challenge injustice and inequality. We are committed to using art as a way to both engage with people and as a tool to bring about social change. Enabling disabled people and people with mental health difficulties to experience and practice a variety of art forms underpins many areas of our work. In the majority of instances this is the first time they have been exposed to art. As people develop, they see themselves as artists in their own right and as artists first whatever their disability or difficulty. Here are some examples of this work: Poetry Poetry works on many levels: it is a powerful way to connect with individuals and communities; it is a fun and memorable way of sharing information and challenging myths and prejudice and it takes the individual on a personal journey where they find a new form of self-expression. You can find our series of poetry books here: Visual arts We use a range of visual art in our work. Here are some examples of past projects: Bridging the Gap This project worked with disabled and non-disabled young people aged 8-11 to explore differences and similarities through visual arts. Accessibility was a key feature of this project as we were committed to ensuring every young person had the opportunity to experience art. Those young people who used wheelchairs and struggled to use their hands with the art materials, had balls dipped in paint tied to their wheels and they zoomed across paper creating their own art works. The evaluation of this work showed that young people see more similarities than differences. Let us Spray We wanted to find ways to engage with young men aged 9-16 with learning difficulties and disabilities who generally had expressed little interest in the arts. Having used graffiti in other projects and knowing how young men in particular seemed to like working with this media and putting this together with a reclaimed car donated by local police, the Let us Spray project was born. Working with graffiti artists alongside Changing Our Lives team members, we facilitated a series of workshops where young men expressed ideas about their lives and what was important to them both in words and through graffiti. The end product was a graffiti car which was displayed in a local art gallery and became a talking point for weeks. Drama Working with both young people and adults, we find drama a really accessible and fun way to not only develop individuals but also as a tool to challenge attitudes and educate. In the past few years, we have developed 2 drama projects: Young Women and Theatre working with young disabled women to identify and showcase issues affecting their lives alongside Birmingham based actress, Janice Connolly BEM A Hate Crime Road Show with a local theatre company If you would like to find out more about our arts work, please call us on 0300 302 0770 or email us at [email protected]


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Fifth-year student at the Saint-Étienne Higher School of Art and Design, preparing a Master's in design
What did the Orange Jeunes Designers competition bring you?
The Orange Jeunes Designers competition is the first one I ever entered as a student of the Saint-Étienne Higher school of Art and Design. Charles Haumont and I were thrilled to have a chance to develop our project with the support of the Orange team, who worked very closely with us in every step of the competition. The whole experience taught us so much in terms of work method. The relevance of the themes selected by Orange is also an important factor to engage the participants and provide them with the drive they need. I think Orange is right to give participants a new theme to work on each year, coming up with digital-oriented challenges that young designers-in-training rarely get a chance to put their minds to. It's a great way to broaden your perspective, to take an even more creative stand. It's a real challenge to tackle and it is very stimulating! As the winner of the competition, it also brought me some interesting visibility. It was the first time one of my projects was being shown to the public. During the award ceremony, Charles and I gave a lot of interviews, which was a first for me. I remember we got published on EspritDesign.com, in Intramuros magazine, etc. Those also brought visibility to the school. And the award we received that night gave our work validation and meaning. We felt recognized. Even more so considering the jury includes design experts from Orange, but also professionals who are renowned in their fields. This recognition from design professionals also allowed me to feel more self-confident in my work.
What does the Orange Jeunes Designers competition mean to you?
It is a competition that stands out among others, if only by the focus on telecommunications in every theme. When I decided to enter the competition, the theme was cloud storage, which gave us the opportunity to push as far as we wanted into the realm of possibility. And as a designer, that's very exciting. What I particularly appreciated was the way the students were monitored by the Orange team throughout the duration of the competition and the bonds that we developed with each other. I also remember the award ceremony, which was amazing. Now, it's a great memory and I still follow each new competition with the same interest.


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So, last week I was questioned more than once about my use of the word Bitch, and why I think it is appropriate to use in daily conversation, in art, and as the name of my blog/movement. The more I thought about it, the more I wanted to delve deeper into the social and cultural constructs of the word. I also wanted to get input from the HBIC community so I asked what women thought of it via our fav social networks Twitter and Facebook. I got a varied response on how women feel about the word, as expected, and the over-arching response was that women generally have mixed feelings (as do I) on this word.
Some prefer not to be called a Bitch but they think it is fine to use it as a verb, say as in "stop your bitchin'!" Some think that it is ok for women to use the word, but it is not ok for men to. And some think that only some men (i.e. gay men) can use the b-word without stepping on toes. Most of the responses I received agreed that it was fine to use the word in certain contexts but would be considered offensive in other situations. For instance, it is acceptable when a women greets her girlfriends with a "Hey bitches!" (which is the connotation I attempt to use when addressing readers of this blog and followers on social networks) but not ok when a woman uses the word in a demeaning, condescending, or aggressive way towards another. And of course all of these rules change when it comes to men (especially when a man is called a Bitch and the complicated standards of masculinity that it reinforces).
Since there are so many interesting nuances to this word, and I got such a varied response when asked about it, I decided I would put together a series of posts about Bitch, each representing and examining a different cultural context or industry and it's treatment of the word. I have a few friends who have agreed to write a guest post for The HBIC Movement in order to give this series some depth and breadth. There is no way I can consider every aspect of the word and it's constructs but I hope this series will help us gain a better understanding of the varied opinions about it, unpack some of the powerful emotion that arises from it's use and engage in a thoughtful and stimulating discussion about the socio-cultural implications of language, art, race and gender. I welcome comments, ideas and guest posts! Challenge yourself to think critically about this word and the role it plays in your culture, family, sexual identity, music, etc. and then share your thoughts with the HBIC community. Stay tuned for more posts on our favorite word -- BITCH!


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Simple Summer: Easy Lunch Punch Meals
Monday, August 5, 2013
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Looks good! Lunch Punch is so handy :DReplyDeleteReplies
Yep I loved using them you can make a fun sandwich in less than minute!Delete
Where do you find the dry snap peas?ReplyDeleteReplies
I bought them at Safeway, but you can find them at Trader Joes, whole foods, or even another chain supermarket. They were in the produce section though, not with the chips. Hope you find them!Delete
Standard PB&J most days sometimes ham or cheese. I love these sets.ReplyDelete
- Lucy NallAugust 11, 2013 at 8:55 AM
Would love to win these for my daughter's lunches! She would enjoy them so very much!ReplyDelete
I just saw something like this at the supermarket this morning – they had a butterfly that cut into 2 pieces, and 2 interlocking dinosaurs. I need to go get that dino one for my boy! :)ReplyDeleteReplies
I love sandwich cutters, they work great! You should definitely pick one up.Delete


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Jason paced himself with the surrounding traffic as he drove on one of the valley freeways during a sunny late afternoon. Vehicles moved in sync as cars sped around semi trucks. More vehicles entered and exited from on-ramps and off-ramps. Randy sat in the passenger seat talking while Brian was in the back seat, his head nodded back in sleep.
"So the whole day was kind of a blur," Randy continued, "but what I do remember is that me, Brian, Darren and Greg were just hanging out at the beach, tossing around the Frisbee, rapping with some bitches, pounding some brews, we were making a day of it."
"Did you guys go to the Boardwalk?" Jason asked.
"Nah, we went to that beach that's at the end of Twenty Sixth Ave, away from the tourists."
"Good plan."
"Yeah, because then a couple of other guys show up, and one of them had an entire case in his backpack, so we partied with them. It was live," Randy said as he reminisced. "When it got dark we tried to get a fire going, but no luck. It got late so we finally decided to head back, and I ended up having to drive because I was the least wasted."
"That's unusual," Jason kidded.
"Yeah, well no thanks to this pussy," Randy said as he pointed back to Brian. "Anyways, I made it over the 17 in record time, and when we got to Jamie's, the whole place was raging, an insane fucking party. It took me all of yesterday to recover." Randy looked again toward Brian. "I don't know what this animal here did yesterday, but he was the life of the party at Jamie's." Brian remained asleep.
"You were partying and you didn't even call me," Jason said. "What gives?"
"Aw, man, I'm sorry. I just figured you were busy with your family because your sister's in
"Yeah, but, you know…maybe I needed to get away." Jason said to Randy, and they laughed to themselves familiarly.
"So how's Kathy doing?"
"Doing well, living the college life."
"Good for her, I'm really proud of her," Randy said sincerely. "She'll go far."
"Yeah she will," Jason agreed. "She'll end up supporting the rest of the family," he joked. They laughed some more and enjoyed the moment.
"That was a good movie," Randy finally said and broke the silence. "But you know what would have made it better? If Clint Eastwood had starred in it."
"Sean Connery did a good job."
"Yeah, but couldn't you see Clint in charge of a submarine? He wouldn't have to take any shit from anybody."
"I don't know if it'd be right if Clint played a Russian," Jason said. "That would be like John Wayne playing a Nazi. And could you imagine how funny he'd sound if he tried to talk like a Russian."
"He's Clint Eastwood, he doesn't have to say anything," Randy said. "All he has to do is give you that don't-fuck-with-me look." Jason sped up as he changed lanes and drove past a tanker truck. "Hey, thanks for covering me. I owe you."
"No problem," Jason said.
"Movies sure got more expensive," Randy bemoaned.
"Tell me about it."
"I mean, when did it go up to five bucks a ticket? You can rent a movie for half that."
"What gets me is that they have the balls to charge you two fifty for a cup of ice that maybe has a couple of ounces of coke," Jason said.
"Highway fucking robbery!" Randy fumed. "Remember when we used go to the UA, only pay a dollar, and then sneak from movie to movie?"
"Or play video games out in the lobby," Jason said. "A whole weekend of fun with nothing but a pocketful of change."
"The place we were just at had at least ten screens," Randy pointed out, "we should have sneaked into another movie just to get our money's worth."
"I would've loved to, but you know, I've got things to do." Jason drove quickly to keep up with the rapid, weekend traffic.
"Right, family stuff," Randy assumed. "Doesn't your dad work on parts that go into submarines?"
"He used to," Jason answered. "I'm not sure what they're having him do now, but he's going to retire pretty soon anyways."
"Did he get to work on anything that had to do with torpedoes?"
"Possibly," Jason said. "But he wasn't much into talking about his job. Whenever any of us asked what he did, he would say that when he was home that was his time, and he didn't want to spoil it by talking about work."
"That's because work sucks."
"Right," Jason agreed dubiously. "How's that coming along?"
"Aw, more problems with the boss," Randy said.
"Same old problems?"
"He's not giving me enough work. I keep telling him that I could use some more hours, but he says he doesn't have anything for me."
"It's summer," Jason said, "this is the busy time of the year for landscaping."
"Lots of competition out there," Randy countered, "at least that's what he tells me."
"Sounds like he's jerking you around."
"The guy is a prick anyhow," Randy said, "one of those anal retentive types who has to manage every little detail of your job, a real pain in the ass."
"Yeah, micro managers are the worst."
"And he's so into micro managing that he forgets to look for new customers."
"Maybe you should try to drum up some business," Jason suggested.
"Me?" Randy laughed.
"You're an outgoing guy," Jason pointed out, "and you have the personality for it."
"Not sure I'm the guy who should be the face of the company," Randy continued jocularly. "He needs to learn how to schedule appointment first. One time when we were done for the day and getting ready to leave ready, but that fucker wanted us to keep working just as it was getting get dark. How the fuck are we supposed to work in the dark?"
"Dude, you don't need that headache," Jason agreed. "There's got to be something better out there for you."
"Sure, but you know what? I don't need a lot to be happy, just the essentials. Why do I got to bust my ass for?"
"Believe me, I wish I could do the same," Jason said, "but prices keep going up. Rent, gas,
Randy turned toward Jason. "You know what we should do? We should just say the hell with it and go live on a beach somewhere. We could do that. Who needs all that rat race bullshit?"
"I can't do that. What would Christine say?"
"Bring her along."
"Serious?" Jason laughed.
"Why not? We used to do stuff like that all the time, remember?"
"Yeah, when we were kids," Jason reminded. "But things change, and sometimes you got to change along with them. It's all about growing up."
Randy stared at Jason. "You used to never talk like that."
"C'mon, Randy, you know I didn't mean anything."
"Yeah, I know," Randy said as he looked back ahead, "just looking out for me." He kept staring ahead as the pavement quickly disappeared under them. "I've been hearing that straighten up and fly right talk from teachers, principals, and bosses for as long as I can remember. You know I don't sweat that stuff. Why worry about getting ahead or any of that? It's all bullshit anyways."
Jason noticed wisps of steam from the front of the car, then a steady vapor rose from
underneath the hood and blew over the windshield. "Aw, shit."
"Uh oh," Randy said. "Looks like we're going to need a ride."
Jason decelerated and coasted to the right onto the shoulder of the freeway. "The last fucking thing I need," he complained. He came to a stop and turned the ignition off. The engine hissed and steam wafted from underneath the hood. "We home yet?" Brian asked groggily from the backseat.
"No, go back to sleep," Randy said. Jason reached under the left side of the dashboard, pulled a
handle, and the front of the hood popped up. He got out and walked to the front of the car. He carefully reached underneath the front of the hood while trying not to burn his hand. He found the metal lever, pushed it aside and lifted the hood all the way up as it released a cloud of steam.
"Hope it's not the water pump," Randy said as he looked down into the engine from the side.
Jason noticed Randy after not seeing him at first. "Probably just a hose." He looked down behind the radiator and saw a thin jet of steam hissing out of the thick, black hose that connected the bottom of the radiator to the lower engine block. He leaned downward to get a better look.
"Yeah, looks like a hose," Randy said as he also leaned in closer, "at least they're cheap to replace, could be worse."
Brian wandered up to the front of the car. "What happened?" he asked.
"We're going to have a picnic," Randy joked, "right here next to the freeway." While they were all looking under the hood the vehicles sped by in a constant coming and going hum of tires spinning on pavement. The sun glared down on the arid landscape and baked the freeway asphalt and the dry dirt and weeds alongside. Smog and haze permeated the hot, dry air.
"I got some rags in the trunk," Jason said. "I think I can tie it around the leak and get us to a gas station. Then I can put more water in the radiator."
"Electrical tape would be better," Randy said.
"Well, unless you can cough up a roll we'll just have to make do with what we got." Jason walked to the back of the car, opened the trunk, reached in and found a rag, closed the trunk, and returned to the front of the car. Randy surveyed the scene with a beer in his hand while Brian stood around lethargically.
"Let's find a pay phone and call Todd or someone and get a ride," Randy suggested. "No, we'll
call Stu. He's got Brian's van."
"What's he doing with Brian's van," Jason asked.
Randy looked to Brian. "Why did you let Stu borrow your van?"
"He had to move some shit," Brian answered tiredly.
"He had to move some shit," Randy reported to Jason.
"I've got ears, Randy," Jason said.
"So I guess there's no way to get a hold of Stu," Randy said.
"We'll make it home," Jason assured. "There should be a gas station at the next exit." He went under the hood.
"Maybe you can get a new hose there," Randy said.
"If they have the right one." Jason found the steam sputtering pinhole size leak on the hose and began to tie a rag around it. He tried to avoid getting grime on himself as he reached down between the radiator and engine and worked the rag into a knot. "If they don't, I'll probably have to get one from a dealership, and those places love to rip you off." The rag became wet as it minimized the leak.
"For sure," Randy said as he sipped his beer. "We should get into that kind of business, something a little shady."
"Nah," Jason said as he closed the hood, "too messy. I don't think Christine wants to see me with grease underneath my fingernails." He looked over at Randy and Brian as they stood around by the car. "Thanks for the help, guys."
"Anytime," Randy said. Brian crawled into the backseat and Randy got in after him into the
passenger seat while Jason got into the driver's seat. "Look, about what you were saying. I know
you're just trying to help, and I appreciate it, really."
"Yeah, I know," Jason said.
"Tell you what, since you paid my way, I should do something for you."
"Like what?"
"Now, I know you love Christine," Randy said, "but maybe sometimes you get a little curious as to what you're missing out on."
"Thanks, but I don't need any of your ho's."
"No, I'm talking about Brian," Randy kidded as he pointed to the backseat. "Serious, I'm going into the pimping business, and Brian's going to be my first ho," he laughed. Jason was unmoved. "Hey, lighten up, man. No need to get all serious."
Jason shook his head as he tried to remain upset, then finally relented and laughed along with Randy as he started the car.
"Hey, what are you guys talking about?" Brian asked.
"Quiet, bitch!" Randy ordered.
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RadioPress Reads – Comics – Batgirl, MoonKnight and Hellcat
This week of comics didn't have too much in the way of new and exciting, but there were a few notable issues we opened up and one particular story I decided should be revisited. Enjoy RPG Reads July 22.
BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY Rebirth #1
I have to say, this Rebirth event has been picking up and in a great way, this doesn't exclude in anyway the Batgirl comic I was lucky enough to flip through today. Barbara Gordon, best known as Batgirl and then as the ultra intelligent all-seeing Oracle, is back. With a successful surgery and rehabilitation to help her regain use of her legs again, she has donned the Batgirl costume once more to get out and fight crime. Interestingly enough, her first major bust sets her on a course that she never thought would be possible. Looking for Oracle, except this person isn't her, and they are giving information to crime lords and thugs around Gotham. With this all in mind she looks to reform The Birds of Prey and calls in the help of Black Canary to assist in hunting down the impostors. This story quickly gets interesting as we run into the Huntress, an ex-spyral agent (see Grayson) who is out for vengeance and fails Bargirl's plans. The great thing about this comic is really the story and the connect you might already have with Barbara as both Batgirl and Oracle, if you are a fan previously, this lives up to the name, and if you are a new fan it is entertaining enough for you to want to read more and wait month over month for a new issue. This story has spunk and is a great read for anyone wanting to get to know these fantastic ladies.
Patsy Walker, a street level hero turned big time and then retired to street level again. Patsy, or Hellcat as some know her as, has been working as a legal aide to Jennifer Walters a.k.a. She-Hulk, but if you've been reading up on Civil War 2 you'll know that She-Hulk is in some seriously bad condition right now after a battle with Thanos has left her bed ridden at the Triskellion. This whole issue is about Patsy finding out that her best friend is near death and she didn't know, now she and her other superhero friends are coming together and trying to come to terms with the situation. It is very real, its painful and very emotional but like most groups of friends they pull together to help with Jen's outstanding court cases and figure out a way to deal with the grief. Anyone who might have been through a similar scenario can connect with this issue on a completely different level, I think its why I took to it so instantly. Hellcat and her crew of misfits make this whole thing fun wit ha serious note of love and care towards an unexpected accident. I haven't even read this comic from the beginning and I'm going to say if you read only one issue of this, make it this one, it's very special in its own right.
Remember a while back when I got really excited about MoonKnight's new story and then I never reviewed it again? Well, I came back and it did not disappoint. This book has a very similar feel to Hercules story in Gods Of War, only Moon Knight has some serious D.I.D. issues and I can't seem to tell if hes just seeing things or if weird celestial beings are truly invading his world. This is another story that is so well written and so much of a mind bend that it's really hard to put down. One moment you have Moon Knight and the reader believing that he is in one place, the next you have them believing he is in another. Is he seeing visions of a possible future or is he just intensely mad? All of this plays into an intense and intricate story that you can't really figure out yet, which is great because we're only 4 issues in. If you want to think, and have something that will drive you batty figuring out the twist for a long time, this is your story. I love it, and I just want to know more, but I'm also so confused and it's got me coming back.http://radiopressgaming.com/2016/07/rpg-reads-july-22/http://radiopressgaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/GalleryComics_1920x1080_20160720_BG_BOP_Reb_1_573f66d40fd023.28641145-960x540.jpghttp://radiopressgaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/GalleryComics_1920x1080_20160720_BG_BOP_Reb_1_573f66d40fd023.28641145-150x150.jpgComicsLiteratureBarbara Gordon,Batgirl,Hellcat,MoonKight,Patsy WalkerThis week of comics didn't have too much in the way of new and exciting, but there were a few notable issues we opened up and one particular story I decided should be revisited. Enjoy RPG Reads July 22. BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY Rebirth #1 I have to say,...Nathan MillerNathan firstname.lastname@example.com of Radio Press Gaming. Comic enthusiast, Gamer dad and Tech nutRadio Press Gaming


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MANILA-- The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the graft charges filed against former Muntinlupa City Mayor Aldrin San Pedro due to delays in the investigation of the Office of the Ombudsman (Ombudsman), which already lasted for more than seven years.
In a 13-page resolution written by Associate Justice Frederick Musngi and promulgated by the Sandiganbayan Second Division, it said that San Pedro and his co-accused's right to speedy disposition of cases was violated due to the prosecution's request for a 60-day reinvestigation of the case.
The anti-graft court denied the urgent motion of the prosecution and dismissed the charges of the respondents.
"The passage of time in the conduct of the investigations weakens the defense of the accused. In this case, inordinate delay has already caused tactical disadvantage in the preparation of accused's defense," the Sandiganbayan said in its resolution.
The case against San Pedro and 11 others arose from the alleged anomalous purchase of 40,000 trolley bags in 2008 amounting to PHP22 million, which were supposed to be distributed to elementary students in the city's public schools.
In the information of the case, the items were procured from a private company without holding a public bidding.
The Ombudsman said that the procurement was also not included in the city's 2008 Annual Procurement Plan.
In its resolution, the anti-graft court said that the prosecution "had been remiss in its duty to prosecute the case without reasonable dispatch."
It noted that there were already findings from the Commission on Audit (COA) regarding the alleged irregularities of the procurement of trolley bags in 2008, which was later submitted to the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of Muntinlupa City.
The Sandiganbayan said that the complaint against San Pedro before the Ombudsman was only filed on May 9, 2012, while the case was filed before the Sandiganbayan on Nov. 4, 2015.
"The prosecution already had more than three years within which to gather all evidence necessary to determine what and whom to indict had it exercised resonable diligence in the performance of its duty," it said.
"It is the duty of the Ombudsman to act with reasonable dispatch on the cases entrusted to it, otherwise, the passage of time in the conduct of the investigation may be prejudicial to the accused," the Sandiganbayan added.
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Can you 'Spot the Reptilian'?
What is that on his arse?
A reptilian with a rolled up ape type tail on a painting in Canterbury UK (c1480)?
A reptilian with an ape's tail (c2000 BC) in Dendera Egypt? Photo copyright Matthew Delooze.
As I said I found the similarities rather interesting. What do you think?
Mumbo Jumbo is it?
Thank You
Matthew Delooze


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Good Resource for Tropical Asian Fruits
I am a member of the following yahoo group. It has some members who are very knowledgable about asian fruit trees and propogation techniques. One propogation technique to learn about, for instance, is double grafting. I recommend you join the group in digest mode or web-only mode, as the group has massive posting volume, much of it in tagalog. You can ask questions about fruits in English, though, and state that you only understand English, and the very top fruit experts in the Philippines will often respond in English.
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text: It was in 1941 that the Duluth Dukes of the Northern League were blessed with an early birthday present from the United States government. As part of the Works Progress Administration's move to build lots of "stuff" all over the United States, creating jobs and helping end the depression, Duluth received a brand new & very large ballpark (that doubles as a kingdom). The over 1/3 of a million bricks that were used to make this stadium actually came from the street outside the ballpark. Grand Avenue had been a brick lined street but was then repaved in 1940. The bricks that had actually been the road, were removed and used to build the ballpark.


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13 octobre 2015
Sarah McKenzie : We Could Be Lovers
We Could Be Lovers, the charming Impulse! Records debut from Sarah McKenzie, introduces to the greater international jazz stage a remarkable 27-year-old pianist, singer, and composer, who succinctly declares her artistic goals as wanting to be a great contributor to jazz. "I want to be a messenger and try to push the boundaries," she explains.
As evidence by the disc's bracing collection of originals, great American jazz classics and a covers of a couple of rare jazz gems, McKenzie grounds her aspirations with a deep, sincere respect for the jazz tradition while seeking her own personal avenues of compositional expression as she cites such iconic figures as Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Gene Harris and Shirley Horn as some of her main lodestars.
With the help of veteran producer Brian Bacchus, McKenzie assembled an impressive lineup of musicians that include trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, vibraphonist Warren Wolf, guitarist Hugh Stuckey, bassist Alex Boneham, drummer Marco Valeri; and saxophonists Yosvany Terry and Troy Roberts. Before recording, McKenzie solidified a bracing rapport with the rhythm section through playing lots of live gigs. Because of the rich harmonic palettes of McKenzie's arrangements, the horn players and vibraphonist were recruited to better realize her sonic vision.
We Could Be Lovers kicks off with the George and Ira Gershwin staple, "I Was Doing Alright," which has been famously rendered by the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong with Oscar Peterson, and Diana Krall. On the disc, McKenzie's warm, burnished alto deftly renders the bittersweet lyrics and bouncy melody, while also demonstrating her splendid interaction with the rhythm section, particularly the way her piano comps alongside Stuckey's golden guitar chords. The song also provides a nice vehicle for McKenzie to unravel a crisp, swinging improvisation.
Soon after, "That's It, I Quit," one of the three superb originals, appears on the disc. Initially powered by Boneham's quicksilver bass line, McKenzie's rhythmically intrepid melody takes on similar characteristics of Hugh Martin and Ralph Blaine's classic "The Trolley Song." Nevertheless, McKenzie avoids wholesale mimicry by playing with the velocity of the song, which decelerates to bluesy sections before racing up to hurried tempos.
Thematically, "That's It, I Quit" is semi-autobiographical ditty on which she sings of frustration while equating her relationship with music making with that of a lover. "I wrote this song to amuse myself and to give myself a bit of hope," she says, before revealing that she composed it while studying at Berklee College of Music during a time when she was facing galling artistic hurdles in terms of piano playing. "I've always done well with music. But I'm not a child prodigy," she clarifies. "So developing my craft has been hard. If I didn't put in that extra effort, I would not have even made it to Berklee."
McKenzie magnifies the amorous sensibilities with the disc's titled-track –a gorgeous original ballad, which she argues is her finest composition yet because of its evocative, poetic lyrics. "It's hard to be happy with your own compositions; there will always be something wrong with them, but I'm proud of this one because I worked really hard to make the lyrics not sound cliché," she explains. "I'm a big fan of rhyme because it's a structure for within you have to work. To able to create a rhyme that sounds seamless is actually very hard." With allusions to changing seasons, romantic yearning, and unrequited love, McKenzie delivers the verses with a conversational, at times, pensive phrasing that is swept afloat by a transportive arrangement that opens in classic chromatic Ellingtonian style and gives way to a plush harmonies and a sensual tempo.
The light-hearted bossa nova, "Quoi, Quoi, Quoi," is the final of McKenzie's originals. With its snazzy rhythms and capricious lyrics that touch upon the initial, wondrous feeling of falling in the love, the composition allows her to explore her fondness for head rhymes and nonsensical words. In addition to Jensen's exquisite trumpet solo, the song offers a fine opportunity to listen to McKenzie's rhythmic vocal agility as she sings the jaunty melody alongside Stuckey's lithe guitar accompaniment and Valeri's sparse rimshots.
On the disc, McKenzie pays tribute to two formidable female jazz bandleaders that have also become her heroes – Betty Carter and Abbey Lincoln. Earlier on the disc, McKenzie gives a winning makeover of Carter's "Tight," a classic composition that proves to be as tricky to sing, as it is to play as accompanying musicians. On McKenzie's version, she quickens the rhythmic while retaining the original's with sudden stops, but playing more on the off beats; the makeover also features Roberts and Stuckey injecting knotty union bebop figures, which eventually unfurls into Roberts' robust tenor saxophone solo underneath McKenzie spry piano accompaniment.
Later on the disc, McKenzie covers Lincoln's incantatory "The Music Is the Magic," on which she serenades the haunting lyrics against a funky arrangement, gussied up by Stuckey's rhythmic guitar comping, joyous handclaps, and Valeri's shuffling drumming, which at once, hint at Brazilian samba and New Orleans' second-line groove. "'The Music is the Magic' is my mantra," claims McKenzie, explaining that she was attracted to the song because of its powerful title.
McKenzie rounds the rest of We Should Be Lovers with more material culled from the great American songbook. She bolsters Cole Porter's sensual 1938 ballad, "At Long Last Love" with a noticeable blues sensibility, thanks in part to Boneham's masterful bass intro, Stuckey's swaggering guitar aside, and McKenzie's own sparse yet swinging piano solo, which slyly betrays her debt to Oscar Peterson, who also famously covered the tune.
On Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein's mid-'30s chestnut, "I Want Dance," McKenzie reimagines it with an infectious, pneumatic groove that recalls Ahmad Jamal as a posh horn accompaniment envelopes McKenzie's sparkling vocals, and shining solos from Jensen and Wolf.
Her brisk treatment of Ellington and Billy Strayhorn's 1950 gem, "Love You Madly," allows McKenzie to once again show her command at singing tricky intervals and phrases at fast tempos; the tune also brims with some assured solos from Wolf, Boneham, and, of course, McKenzie.
The sultry reading of Jimmy Davis, Roger Ramirez and James Sherman's 1941 tune, "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)" – a standard hit for Billie Holiday – finds McKenzie delving deep into the blues vibe as the band swings hard while she coos the melancholy lyrics atop Stuckey's sliding guitar chords, which give way to a burly tenor saxophone solo from Roberts.
We Can Be Lovers concludes with a sparkling rendition of Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer's classic, "Moon River," on which she delivers the winsome lyrics next to Stuckey's spidery guitar accompaniment in a style reminiscent of Audrey Hepburn's performance of it in the 1961 movie, Breakfast at Tiffany's.
To reiterate McKenzie's desire to contribute something meaningful to the world of jazz, she accomplishes it elegantly with this major-label debut, which will surely lead to bigger and brighter things.


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"What did I tell you about leaving the stove on?" Ma switched off the dial with a mean flick of her hand.
"It wasn't on."
"Was too, I can feel the heat pourin' off it," she held her hand six inches from the coil, staring down her nose at Dottie. And Dottie knew that look. That look nailed your feet to the floor, burning you in a cold sweat. That look was justice and trouble.
"Ma, I swear, it wasn't on."
"Little girl, don't you think I can tell when the stove is on or not?" She wrung her hands together, wiping off the heat. One at a time she twisted every dial, on and off, on and off, just for making sure.
Dottie had watched the ritual of dials a thousand on a thousand times. Always before they left the house, or even when they left the room, the stove was checked, checked, checked. None of the other mothers do that. They didn't have a reason to.
Ma had been eleven or twelve when it happened. There was no being sure on details because Daddy had been the one to tell the story, and he had only heard it second hand himself. Ma never once said a word, but then Dottie never heard anybody ask her. And no way was she going to.
A man had moved into the house with very little explanation. Ma and her sister had only been told to call him their uncle. He was there to help, see? To be their protector and guardian, a regular member of the family. But everybody knew he wasn't. He was a slippery, wily thing that wound his way into their home. And once there, became a monster.
Here the story goes real quiet.
Officially, some grease had got onto the coils. There was bad wiring. Some careless towel was left unattended by the stove and something just – poof! Such bad luck, they all guessed. Such a miracle the girls, at least, survived. Daddy never quite said it, but then he didn't need to. Dottie knew it had been Ma.
"You left it on again," Ma said, her eyes still hard on Dottie, "What did I tell you about leaving it on?"
"The stove was off, Ma, it's always off," Dottie rose from the kitchen chair, "We disconnected it two years ago."
The old woman looked at the stove confused. For all her secret, violet history, for all her survivor's strength, she had become something fragile nonetheless. She held her hand above the coils with a whimper.
Dottie stood over her mother, drawing her hands away from the range. She was a head taller, with an inherited the frame, cradling her mother like a child. They stood looking at one another, like mirror images on either side of thirty years. But Ma was walking away. Somewhere, inside this smaller, older body. She was walking away.
"Remember?" Dottie said, "It was making you so upset all the time. So we turned it off for good."
"Mmm," Ma hummed, the sound coming up from the deep places in her memory, "That's good. We don't need nothin' burnin' anymore."


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A social enterprise journey that ended up defining the innovation strategy of DBS Bank
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The $450 Faith & Finances facilitator training equips you to:
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Solidworks Autotrace feature tells it apart from other 3D modelling cad software since this feature enables one develop sketches from existing images having any format say PNG, jpg, jpeg or any other image format extension.
This is easily done by simply enabling the Autotrace Add-In present in the Solidworks Add-Ins folder.
Below is a step by step procedure of how to use Solidworks Autotrace to develop 2D sketches from images.
To begin you need to create a new sketch on any plane of your choosing.
Next, proceed to the tools menu on the tool bar, select sketch tools from this menu the click on sketch picture. You can then browse for the picture you would like to create the sketch from.
I chose this logo picture for my demonstration.
Click on the arrow to the left at the explorer. This gives you several options.
By clicking on begin trace an outline of the logo is automatically traced by the trace tool.
By removing visibility of the sketch picture you can now clearly examine the sketch and perform various modelling techniques such as extrusion on it. Upon modelling the logo I obtained a 3d model shown below.
The Autotrace feature may not however apply to detailed pictures having intricate design which in turn may force the designer to sketch over the picture in order to obtain the sketch.
For example the sketch for the shield shown below required quite a number of manipulations for completion.
The final render of the shield SLDRPT is as shown above and as can be seen the shape is quite complex to do a simple autotrace on.
Another example of a part done using autotrace is that of a shrimp. By using the sketch picture of the shrimp I was able to sketch over it and obtain the 2D sketch of the part.


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